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Solano History 14 records found  1 - 10next  jump to record: Search took 0.00 seconds. 
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Tracing ranch ties through generations / Delaplane, Kristin [416] [ECHOS-1999-416]
'My mother's grandfather, John Wesley Hill, came from Missouri in 1847. He rode up here when the oats would come up to the top of the horse's back. He says, 'That's good enough for me,' and he squatted on some land. His main thing was raising cattle.
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Tracing generations of owners / Bowen, Jerry [707] [WAYITWAS-2007-707]
In my last column, Albert and Prudence Lyon had sold their Pleasants Valley property to the Long family, also early pioneers in the area, and moved to Sonoma where he purchased a land Grant on April 11, 1849.
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Tracing the origins of buildings on Suisun Rancho / Bowen, Jerry [681] [WAYITWAS-2006-681]
We left off in the last article with Samuel Martin purchasing 142 acres of the Suisun Ranch from partners, Archibald A. Ritchie and Robert H. Waterman in 1853.
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Mort Dozier with deer tied to horses
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Senator Benjamin F. Rush came in 1852, with his parents to Solano County. Raised excellent trotting horses and Durham cattle on the Potrero Hills. Served four years as Solano Sheriff and 24 years as a State Senator. [...]

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Vacaville life in the '20s was picturesque / Delaplane, Kristin [426] [ECHOS-1999-426]
Roberta Gates Ormaas traces her Vacaville heritage back to the 1850s when both sets of grandparents settled on ranches. Her paternal grandparents had the G.M. Gates Ranch in Lagoon Valley. Her maternal grandfather, John Montgomery, was a Methodist minister and had a ranch where Monte Vista and Eldridge meet today [...]
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Roy Mason continues ranching tradition with cattle, grapes / Delaplane, Kristin [424] [ECHOS-1999-424]
Roy Mason and his wife, Betty, live on a ranch in Green Valley, where he runs cattle and grows grapes. On the same property, his daughter and her family now occupy the house where his grandmother lived. The family, which traces its Solano County heritage to the mid-1800s, also owns and operates a vineyard in neighboring Suisun Valley.
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Grandfather's New Year's Eve / Wichels, Ernest [778] [WICHELS-1963-778]
We've reviewed the New Year's Eve celebrations of earlier generations of Vallejoans. A half century and more ago there was one program which was inevitable. This was the formal grand ball attended by all of the officials and leaders in the community, usually followed by a generous meal sometime around midnight.
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Carrying on family's agricultural tradition / Delaplane, Kristin [412] [ECHOS-1999-412]
"I am a fruit rancher and fourth-generation Vacavillian. My great-grandfather, George Sharpe, came here from England. He was a contractor and a builder and when the train stopped in Elmira, he decided the building opportunities were here. The towns were booming in the 1860s or 1870s [...]
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Earlier Days In August / Wichels, Ernest [813] [WICHELS-1964-813]
Vallejo and Mare Island share many August anniversaries. Not the least of these concern Admiral Farragut and his family. More about them later. Let's quickly review some of the other highlights-a few of these the present generation w ill remember; others were familiar to our great-grandfathers.
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